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He was a top 10 player in the whole division according to whoscored. 
 
He showed what he can do at Charlton. Let’s get him up to them levels and enjoy him. 

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

They were honest last season - we had the highest wage bill in the division didn’t we at £17m. That is a budget to compete for autos in league 1. 
 
I suspect that we’ll have a wage bill of around £25m this year. The average being £31m but that’s distorted by the parachute payment clubs. It’d be a wage bill slightly over Preston’s which would seem about right considering our crowds are much bigger and our revenue streams are therefore bigger. 

I just don't understand what you can possibly have watched to think Hourihane would be good enough for another League 1 season, let alone a Championship one. We wouldn't get the ball back to be able to keep it with him in midfield!

He was a top 10 player in the whole division according to whoscored. 
 
He showed what he can do at Charlton. Let’s get him up to them levels and enjoy him. 

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

That run of games under Clough when we had Bueno, Commons and Kuqi linking up before he s*** the bed and went defensive. 

He was a top 10 player in the whole division according to whoscored. 
 
He showed what he can do at Charlton. Let’s get him up to them levels and enjoy him. 

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

That run of games under Clough when we had Bueno, Commons and Kuqi linking up before he s*** the bed and went defensive. 

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

He was a top 10 player in the whole division according to whoscored. 
 
He showed what he can do at Charlton. Let’s get him up to them levels and enjoy him. 

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

He was a top 10 player in the whole division according to whoscored. 
 
He showed what he can do at Charlton. Let’s get him up to them levels and enjoy him. 

Not like our fans to write a player off without a fair chance 😂

CBT with a full Warne pre season under him could be very interesting. He’s got bags of ability - finished in the whoscored top 10 players in league one because of his output at Charlton. 

CBT with a full Warne pre season under him could be very interesting. He’s got bags of ability - finished in the whoscored top 10 players in league one because of his output at Charlton. 

CBT with a full Warne pre season under him could be very interesting. He’s got bags of ability - finished in the whoscored top 10 players in league one because of his output at Charlton. 

CBT with a full Warne pre season under him could be very interesting. He’s got bags of ability - finished in the whoscored top 10 players in league one because of his output at Charlton. 

Frank did an incredible job with those three.
There aren't many managers who could have failed to get promoted with them in his squad.

you’re as dull as anyone you’re criticising in this comment. 
 
 
Up the championship rams! 

He’s done what was expected of a derby manager this season which was a difficult feat (when was the last time a manager lived up to the bookies expectations for us?) but his team expected promotion and a lot of fans expected the same so fair play to him.
 
I’ve found the football to be tough to watch at times but at the same time I’ve loved the season as a whole. The downs made the ups that much sweeter and I’m willing to put the football down to pragmatism in the face of restrictions to how he could shape his squad. I’ve always said I liked him as a guy and now as a manager he’s achieved success with us too. 
 
Im now reserving judgement on what his football can look like until after this unrestricted transfer window where hopefully he will get in the profile of player he wants. I don’t expect even a top half finish next season I just want to see a squad beginning to come together and take shape with a younger profile of player and to not be a chance of relegation in the last match of the season. 
 
Fair play to anyone who never lost faith particularly after the Stevenage away performance. His staff and he managed to turn it around from that point and went in a run that would have achieved 103 points if extrapolated over a 46 match season. That’s incredible dominance. 
 
All derby aren’t we?